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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1911
Page
1
Mexico City braces as Porfirio Diaz footprints loom over retreat. Madero presses for resignation pledging peace while cabinet members remain silent and reforms loom amid insurrection and battle risks.
Minister Wilson reports the slaying of two of Judge Goodman's sons by revolutionary bandits. Across the southern republic unrest spreads with planned attacks and threatened uprisings. U.S. policy remains nonintervention as peace talks continue and warnings grow. Local reports cite violence near Capulco and Mot basins, with consular telegrams detailing dangers to American citizens and ongoing negotiations to end the crisis. The situation broadens to include Mexican state turmoil and potential changes in troop deployments amid the disrupted peace process.
Mrs. Jo leads a civic federation meeting with Jammond to press for union action. The gathering focused on solidarity strategies and potential community support steps for workers and local chapters.
Mrs Taft hosts a National Civic Federation event at Mrs Hammond's Waite House Grounds, urging employers and workers to resolve industrial issues on fairness terms. Leaders including August Belmont and William R. Wilcox attend, with plans to extend sanitary workplaces, worker compensation laws, and fire-safe public buildings nationwide.
Special to The Washington Post from Sapulpa Oklahoma reports John T. Friederich, Missouri Southern Railroad general manager, testified his wife Jessie disrupted operations and attempted to control staff, leading to delays from Caterpillar infestations blamed on a drought and wild winters.
Special to The Washington Post reports Hobart Partridge, jailed in Moyamensing prison awaiting extradition on a desertion charge, is said to have five wives. Detectives cite Mrs Josephine Vansant Partridge identifying another wife, Miss Helen Brumner, who says Partridge is her husband. Claims span Bridgeport, Schenectady, Harrisburg and Port Republic. marriages allegedly dated from October 1910.
A dispatch from Take Oregon to the New York American reports Sydney C Love, a former broker and social figure, denying he will go to New York to contest his wife Mrs Love’s suit for divorce. He claims she is a heavy smoker and an unwelcome influence on their child, and says he does not want the divorce granted.
May 6 Negaunee Midh nearly a score of Hartford mine workers for Republic Iron and Steel Company were cut off by a timbering fire at 0 o'clock. At least seven men died and four bodies were recovered: Edward Burska Hebrew Dower Harry Wharry John Tablin. Richard Yelland and his son William and August Frederickson remain inside with no hope of escape. The fire started on the third level four and a half feet underground, suspected from a lit candle left near woodwork.
Seventeen students of Dr Charles E Simon, an authority on cancer, volunteered as subjects to test a cure after years of animal results. They have worked closely with him and agree further animal testing is unpromising, hoping he can obtain beneficial human results despite animal tests being uncertain.
A farmer southeast of Bloomington was viciously flogged in the early morning by a group calling themselves white caps. They broke his door, beat him with stirrup leathers for about two hours, and forced him to flee the locality. He claims he identified three masked attackers and will seek damages. They accused him of stealing.
An informal note states W C S Gladstone, grandson of Fates, at Mr Preece's stam, may be named tenant of Minish re Busnes tires. A Messrs Baring Bras representative contacted the French embassy to declare the firm will subscribe the full loan of 66,960 008.
Commonwealth's Attorney Claudal Vac kex of Rosslyn Va ordered George Williams a colored man from 17% E street to Fort Myer jail on suspicion of knowing something about an attack on Mr Mackays wife in her home. An investigation will be made tonight.
John J. McNamara and his brother James B. McNamara were arraigned in Los Angeles on murder and dynamiting charges tied to the October 1, 1910 Times building explosion that killed 21. Ortie McManigal did not appear. plea set for June 1 as indictments and witnesses from the grand jury are reviewed. A San Francisco telegram quoted Dr Joseph A Holmes denying delayed confirmation of its gas theory, with no official comment from the Bureau of Mines.
Special to The Washington Fest Sadie Allen, a young girl in blue pajamas, wandered from her room to downtown Omaha in the early hours. She was awakened by physicians and revived with ice water. After regaining consciousness she entered a mysterious state, later wrapping cafe linens before being returned home by auto. Her parents had not missed her.
In Guild Hall Vermont May 5 the defense began a murder trial for Florence Dodge of Liamenburg after the prosecution rested. Experts testified the bedroom layout prevented a self inflected wound, with Dr John M Allen and BE Hunter measuring space and noting no powder residue on the painter William Heath. The case proceeded with witnesses arguing Heath would have had to shoot from a position unlikely to be self inflicted.
Napier Knightley had the embalmed foxhound exhumed from a sealed Denver grave eight months after burial. The dog’s body and a gold bracelet once worn by an Eastern woman were shipped to a marble mausoleum in New Hampshire. Knightley, once brilliant and ambitious, became a recluse after a love disappointment.
Special Cable reports Irene Osgood's appeal against a court order to return to husband Robert H. Sherrard was dismissed. He claimed she gave him a gray hunter horse and pigs. the cat and papers cited in the divorce were his. Sherrard, alleging unbearable life at Guildsborough Hall, said he was paid $100 annually and acted as her secretary.
Charles Lenz of Bawardsville, Civil War veteran, chose to quit his street sweeping city post to stay with his dog Buster. He spent the day gardening as the dog kept him company and warned of car danger, ending a period on the job.
Amster Furmm submits his resignation as special envoy to Port au Prince through the American minister to President Taft. The resignation is presented for Taft's approval and will take effect in July.
Local coverage notes a series of named figures and groups as participants in a wider issue driven by political and social themes. The item lists various individuals and factions connected to recent events and upcoming discussions, highlighting institutional responses and public interest.
The Panaman legation received a cablegram from Foreign Secretary Boyd denying reports that acting President Arosemena was attacked by an aspiring assassin in David. Boyd said Arosemena had returned from Chiriqui a month earlier and was not in David at the time cited.
Philadelphia contractor Charles McDonald lured by a supposed wire tapping scheme met an alleged operator named McCormick in Camden and New York. Eight detectives shadowed them to a West Sixty fourth Street house where fake poolroom men and telephones simulated bets. Thirteen men were arrested and booked at police headquarters as wires were found to be dummy. McCormick, alias William Crane, is among rogues gallery photos.
In Hongkong during May revolutionaries forced a railway engineer to drive engines and cars toward Sheklung at gunpoint. Crowds boarded the train as revolutionists gather at Sheklung. Europeans have evacuated the town. About 150 revolutionists arrived in Canton from Saigon.
In Sevile Spain a well known philanthropist was robbed of jewels valued at 3000 dollars and a tray containing currency. The anonymous assailants followed a tale of a hotel stay and meager clues point to a robbery connected with Baltimore institutions and streetcar routes. Authorities note the theft involved a prominent financier from New York.
Large crowd fills the grand stand and promenade for a polo Pontes exhibition. Two riders fall badly while a third barely escapes a serious crash. Miss Rasmussen and Miss Hazard win praise as equestriennes. Mrs Allan Potts voices protest against the ruling.
A dense dated program lists horse classes from 10:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. with judging of saddle and harness horses, hunters, tandems, and draft heavy harness entries. Local and open classes include stakes for light hunters and championship saddle events, with post entries noted for some divisions.
Washington society filled the stands as the National Capital Horse Show continued its second day with a record field. Spectators cheered 17 contested events, noted superb horsemanship in jumping and polo pony classes, and witnessed three dramatic incidents including two riders unseated when horses balked at jumps.
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